Ritual Murder Horror in Domeabra: 50-Year-Old Mason ‘Taller’ Mutilated, Community Demands Action
A shocking suspected ritual killing has gripped the Domeabra Old Town community in Ghana’s Ga South Municipality, where a 50-year-old mason known locally as ‘Taller’ was brutally murdered and mutilated inside an uncompleted building he called home.
The discovery of his savagely dismembered body—missing key veins and tissues from his left leg—has ignited widespread fear, with residents pleading for heightened police presence to avert further violence.
‘Taller,’ a familiar figure in the tight-knit neighborhood, was ambushed by unidentified assailants who methodically extracted biological materials in what investigators suspect was a targeted ritual act.
According to preliminary police findings shared by Domeabra Electoral Area Assemblyman Joseph Akrashie with Adom News correspondent Kofi Adjei, the attackers “cut the deceased’s left heel and left thigh and removed all the veins in that part.”
This precise mutilation points to ‘juju’ practices often tied to quests for quick wealth or power, a persistent scourge in the region per Ghana Police Service data on ritual homicides.
Akrashie, who has been liaising closely with local authorities, captured the community’s raw shock: “Taller is well-known in the area, and we are shocked about what has happened to him.” The body’s prompt transfer to the Accra Police Hospital Mortuary for autopsy underscores the urgency, with forensic experts poised to determine the exact cause of death and the tools used in the grisly harvest.
Despite a swift deployment of the Ghana Police Service’s Homicide Unit, no arrests have been made, leaving perpetrators at large and amplifying residents’ terror. “We are living in fear,” one local told reporters, echoing calls to the government and Inspector-General of Police to bolster security patrols. “We don’t know who the next victim will be.”
This incident evokes recent ritual cases, such as the July 2025 arrest of six suspects in the murder of 25-year-old mason Nelson Anyena in Mafi Adidome, where body parts were supplied to a fetish priest for GH¢7,000.3940 In that Volta Region probe, authorities recovered the victim’s remains from a shrine, highlighting a disturbing pattern of such crimes across Ghana.
As Domeabra—a suburb in the Greater Accra Region’s Ga South Municipal, represented in Parliament by the Domeabra-Obom constituency—grapples with this trauma, the case serves as a grim reminder of unresolved vulnerabilities in peri-urban areas.
Community leaders like Akrashie stress the need for vigilance and collaborative probes to restore peace, while the autopsy results could unlock vital leads in the hunt for justice.
